Moto GP champ Nicky Hayden's the fastest Kentuckian on two wheels, but put him in the racing bucket of a four-wheeled Mercedes DTM race car and he's not even the fastest guy named Nicky. Granted, it's a powerful car on a wet track with cold tires, but champs don't get to make excuses.

I spent the weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca watching the fastest riders in the world tackling the Corkscrew, annoying cops, getting sunburned and pestering racers. Here's a mega-gallery of MotoGP action.